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Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal.

Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.

The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

ves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. -- Tide dial, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time. -- Tide gate.…

The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]

That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.] And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the mother city. Tennyson.

g, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.] Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends. Beau. & Fl.

, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. Shak. Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour. Beattie.

A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.

A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.

A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding. Brande&C.

as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.

Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities. God made the country, and man made the town. Cowper.

on begun upon an honorable respect Shak. Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré. Longfellow.

owish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.

everal species of large ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera Capromys and Plagiodon. They are allied to the porcupines. -- Tree serpent (Zoöl.), a tree snake. -- Tree shrike (Zoöl.), a bush shrike. -- Tree snake (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of snakes of the genus Dendrophis. They live chiefly…